Shamshiri Grill for Persian food on Westwood Blvd is bustly so a pre-schooler would fit in find. They have a wonderful mixed appetizer plate that includes a red cabbage cup with hummus, as well as other dips). Their kebabs are really good, nice big fluffy mound of rice, Shamshiri salad that they'll put on instead of rice if you are low carb (cucumber, tomato, lemon juice, parsley). They start off with nice bread, you can get Persian iced tea and yummy dessert.

Sunnin on Westwood Blvd is very crowded, and I didn't love my meal there.

Let me preface this comment with the fact I've never eaten at this establishment, but it appears to "fit the bill" of what you're asking for. You'd have to call for more information, butcheck out the website. It sounds like a real casual place, but I've heard it's popular with the workers in the general El Segundo area. http://www.thehummusfactory.com/index...I've seen the place it's near the intersection of Grand and Main Street in El Segundo. It shares the lot with the Rite-Aid drugstore.

I'm not sure if you're after Persian, Lebanese, Israeli, etc., in particular. If you're after Persian, then Westwood would be the place as mentioned by posters noshie and wilafur. But hummus typically isn't associated with Persian cuisine - not that some won't have it.

I know it's a haul, but the valley has some excellent places for hummus/Middle Eastern food. Here's a couple of threads on hummus and one place in the valley that I found particularly good:

Servorg has a couple of great recs in that thread he posted about Al Watan and Al Noor. Pakistani food is in the same realm - kinda has a finger in Indian and another in Middle Eastern. Al Noor is very good - haven't tried Al Watan yet but if poster exilekiss gives the place a thumbs up, it's a slam dunk. They're both on Inglewood Ave in the Hawthorne/Lawndale area. Both places are somewhat to very informal - Al Noor being the less formal of the two. So if you're looking to eat instead of dine, they will work.